Emanual
Of Hebrew origin, meaning "God is with us".
Name Census estimates that about 482 living Americans carry the first name Emanual. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Emanual today is around 32 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Emanual births was 2001 (22 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Emanual. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
482
~ 1 in 711,109 Americans
Peak year
2001
22 babies that year
Average age
32
years old
2018 SSA rank
#12,715
Tracked since 1913
Census
Emanual in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,020 people with the first name Emanual, which placed it at #12,257 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#12,257
National first-name rank
People counted
1.0K
1,020 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.3
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
42.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Emanual
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Emanual is Hispanic at 42.5%. The next largest groups are Black (36.0%) and White (14.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Emanual described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Emanual at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino42.5% · 434
- Black or African American36.0% · 367
- White14.9% · 152
- Two or more races3.9% · 40
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.4% · 14
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.3% · 13
Popularity
Emanual: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Emanual from the 1910s through to the 2010s, spanning 11 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 148 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Emanual remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Emanual by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Emanual during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Emanuals live
Origin
Meaning and history of Emanual
The name Emanual is derived from the Hebrew name Emmanuel, which means "God is with us." It originated in ancient Judea, a region in the southern Levant during the Iron Age and classical antiquity.
The name Emmanuel appears in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) in the Book of Isaiah 7:14, where it is used as a symbolic name referring to the promised Messiah. In the New Testament, it is used as a name for Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew 1:23.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Emanual was Emanual Swedenborg, a Swedish philosopher and mystic who lived from 1688 to 1772. He is best known for his theological writings and his ideas about the spiritual world.
Another notable figure was Emanual Leutze, a German-American painter who lived from 1816 to 1868. He is famous for his historical paintings, particularly his iconic work "Washington Crossing the Delaware."
In the 19th century, Emanual Geibel was a prominent German poet and playwright who lived from 1815 to 1884. He is considered one of the most important lyric poets of the Biedermeier period in German literature.
Emanual Ax, born in 1949, is a renowned American classical pianist. He has won numerous awards and is particularly acclaimed for his interpretations of the works of Chopin and Beethoven.
Emanual Lasker, who lived from 1868 to 1941, was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher. He was one of the strongest chess players of his time and held the World Chess Championship from 1894 to 1921.
People
Emanual + last name combinations
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Related
Other names starting with E
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Emanual: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Emanual?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 482 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Emanual going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 711,109 US residents.
Is Emanual a common name?
We classify Emanual as "Very Rare". It ranks above 84.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 545 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Emanual most popular?
The single biggest year for Emanual was 2001, when 22 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Emanual is about 32 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Emanual in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,020 people with the name Emanual, or 0.34 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #12,257 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Emanual in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Emanual?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Emanual appears almost entirely male. Of the 1,020 people counted with this name, 99.5% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Emanual?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Emanual is Hispanic at 42.5%. The next largest groups are Black (36.0%) and White (14.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Emanual most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Emanual in the 2020 Census, accounting for 42.5% (434 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Emanual in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Emanual a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Emanual in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Emanual still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Emanual in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Emanual can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Emanual?
For a quick modern take, check how many people have the name Emanual on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org.